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Music-in-the-Round – review

Crucible, SheffieldIt is interesting to speculate how 20th-century music might have turned out were it not for the invention of the sewing machine. If Paris was the capital of the European avant garde, then the salon hosted by the American heiress Winnaretta Singer – the music-loving recipient of the Singer sewing machine fortune – was at its epicentre. Ravel, Satie and Poulenc played for her, Isadora Duncan danced, Proust noted it all down.Music-in-the-Round's May festival has a French the...

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Music-in-the-Round – review

Guardian Music — Crucible, SheffieldIt is interesting to speculate how 20th-century music might have turned out were it not for the invention of the sewing machine. If Paris was the capit... more info

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